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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the shuttle that Hutch pilots and Richard hitches a ride on?

2. Where is Richard when Hutch is forced to take off?

3. What strength will the earthquakes that follow the explosions be?

4. What does Hutch have to do to get free?

5. What is surprising about the figure Harry discovers in the friezes on the Temple?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Caseway unwilling to postpone Project Hope even for a little while?

2. How is the team from Kosmik spending the countdown to terraforming time that remains?

3. What was particularly odd about the structures created in Oz?

4. What plans does Frank Carson have once Quraqua has been evacuated and terraforming has begun?

5. What questions does Hutch have about the snowball dropped on them by Melanie?

6. What does Maggie appear to be oblivious to?

7. When Richard asks Caseway to delay the schedule for terraforming Quraqua, what does Caseway admit that horrifies Richard?

8. What issue does the Boston Globe bemoan?

9. What issue does Richard want Hutch's help with, and why did he want Hutch to transmit it?

10. What issues make it harder than anticipated to recover the printing press from the Lower Temple.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the purpose of the Oz cities? What is unusual about their construction? Why are they uninhabited? Where is the first Oz found? Overall, can it be said that the Oz cities or constructions accomplished their purpose? Why or why not? Where was the last Oz created and why? Did it accomplish its purpose and if so, how?

Essay Topic 2

What are discontinuities? How are they described by the different races that experience them? How are they described by those who come afterward? What pattern emerges as more are discovered? What assumptions are made by those who uncover them? What eventual pattern is seen by Hutch and what conclusions are drawn as a result?

Essay Topic 3

What were the creatures that attacked the shuttle crew beginning with Jake on the planet Beta Pacifica III? How many people in total were attacked? What was obvious to the team as the remained exposed and away from the shuttle? How do they finally get to safety? Who lost their lives in that trip? Where and how did this happen? Should any of the lives lost been preventable? How?

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